SmartThings Support

How to use Amazon Alexa to Arm/Disarm your SmartThings ADT Security Hub

This article will tell you how to enable the SmartThings ADT Skill for Amazon Alexa, which can be used to arm and disarm your ADT Security Hub with Alexa voice commands. To learn more about this Skill and what it can do for you, click here.

Note: If you're looking for instructions on how to control your SmartThings devices, Scenes, and Automations with Alexa voice commands, click here.

Enable the SmartThings ADT Skill for Amazon Alexa

1. Enable the SmartThings ADT Skill

In the Amazon Alexa app:

Tap the menu (three horizontal lines in the top left)

Tap Skills

Tap the search bar, and enter SmartThings ADT

Tap SmartThings ADT

Tap Enable

Enter your SmartThings email and password

Tap Log in

Choose your SmartThings Location in the From: menu

Note: If you have the Alexa SmartThings Skill enabled for controlling your SmartThings devices, Scenes, and Automations, you must enable that same Location for the SmartThings Security Custom Skill.

Tap AuthorizeNote: You can limit the devices Alexa accesses later in the SmartThings app

Once authorized, the following message appears: “Alexa has been successfully linked with SmartThings.”

Tap x to close the window

2. Allow Alexa to control your ADT Security Hub

SmartThings app

SmartThings Classic app

In the SmartThings app:

From the Dashboard, tap on the three dots in the top right

Tap Settings

Tap Connected services

Tap Amazon Alexa

Toggle SmartThings ADT to ON

Tap Setup / Reset PIN

Enter your 4-digit PIN

Note: This PIN can be the same as or different from the code you use for the ADT Security Hub Panel. They are not synchronized.

Confirm your 4-digit PIN

Tap Next

Tap Next again

Tap Done to confirm

In the SmartThings Classic app:

Tap Automations

Tap SmartApps

Tap Amazon Alexa

Toggle SmartThings ADT to ON

Tap Setup / Reset PIN

Enter your 4-digit PIN

Note: This PIN can be the same as or different from the code you use for the ADT Security Hub Panel. They are not synchronized.